Filing hand-flange



Patented May 9, I899. A. HERMAN. FILING HAND FLANGE. (Application filedAug. 6, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW HERMAN, OF CHEYENNE, WYOMING.

FILING HAN D-FLANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 624,485, dated May 9,1899.

' Application filed August 6, 1898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW HERMAN, a resident of Cheyenne, county ofLaramie, State of WVyoming, have invented an Improvement in FilingHand-Flanges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements infiling handflanges; and it has for its object the produc-' tion of asimple and efficient tool of this nature whereby the soles of boots,shoes, and the like may be so filed near the edges thereof as to givethe same a finished appearance when ready for the market.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation illustratingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof; Figs. 3and 4 are details.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a head or carrierhaving an upperreduced portion a fitting snugly within a corresponding recess inhandled. The files or other scraping members B are flat and ofapproximately rectangular shape in cross-section, the top and bottomsurfaces 1) thereof being preferably provided with the usual cutting orrasping surfaces. Said files are firmly held against the lower fiatsurface 1) of carrier A by a clamp or member C ofapproximatelyinverted-T shape, said clamp or member having a centralshank or tongue designed to keep the files separated and twolateral'wings or extensions b upon which said files are designed torest. The wings of the clamp are firmly bound against said files bymeans of a binding-screw I), passed through a hole or opening 5 in clampG and Workingin a threaded recess b of carrier A, which registers withIn practice the boot or shoe to be operated upon is inverted, and thetool is brought in Serial Natsmm. (No model.)

are rigidly held between the clamp and the carrier while in use and atthe same time bear against the sides of said shank, and yet theconstruction is such that they can be readily and easily interchanged ornew ones substituted 'at will.

A further advantage possessed by my improved filing hand-flange lies inthe fact that the same is extremely simple and inexpensive,

and being composed of but few parts is not liable to readily get out oforder or become deranged.

I claim as my invention- 1. A tool for finishing boots and shoes,comprising a carrier, a clamp adjustably secured thereto and having acentral shank, and scraping devices held between said carrier, and saidclamp, and separated from each other by said shanlgas set forth.

2. A tool for finishingboots and shoes, comprising a carrier, anelongated clamp having a central shank and lateral wings, said wingshaving straight edges forming guides, scraping devices located betweensaid wings and said carrier, and means for securing said clamp to saidcarrier, substantially as set forth.

3. A tool for finishing boots and shoes, com- ANDREW HERMAN.

WVitnesses:

HORACE WALno MOORE, WILLI M AUSTIN BARTLETT.

